COPY OF THE "UNITED STATES
DOLLAR COIN ACT OF 1997"
AUTOGRAPHED BY REP. MIKE CASTLE

The "United States
Dollar Coin Act of 1997" (H.R. 2637) is the bill
that was responsible for what ultimately became the
Sacagawea Dollar. It was introduced into the United
States House of Representatives on October 8, 1997 by the
Representative from Delaware, Mike Castle. This is a copy
of that bill autographed by Representative Castle. The
"United States Dollar Coin Act of 1997" was
signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 1,
1997.

Below is the entire text of The "United
States Dollar Coin Act of 1997"

United States $1 Coin Act of 1997
(Introduced in the House)

HR 2637 IH

105th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2637

To provide for the minting and circulation of $1 coins, and
for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 8, 1997

Mr. CASTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To provide for the minting and circulation of $1 coins, and
for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `United States $1 Coin Act
of 1997'.

SEC. 2. $1 COINS.

(a) WEIGHT- Section 5112(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking `and weighs 8.1 grams'.

(b) COLOR AND CONTENT- Section 5112(b) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended--

(1) in the 1st sentence, by striking `dollar,';
and

(2) by inserting after the 4th sentence the
following new sentence: `The dollar coin shall be
golden in color, have a distinctive edge, have
tactile and visual features that make the
denomination of the coin readily discernible, be
minted and fabricated in the United States, and
have similar metallic, anticounterfeiting
properties as United States clad coinage in
circulation on the date of the enactment of the
United States $1 Coin Act of 1997.'.

(c) DESIGN- Section 5112(d)(1) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking out the 5th and 6th
sentences and inserting the following new sentence: `The
obverse side of the dollar coin shall have a design
depicting the Statue of Liberty.'.

(d) PRODUCTION OF STATUE OF LIBERTY COINS-

(1) IN GENERAL- Upon the depletion of the
Government's supply (as of the date of the
enactment of this Act) of $1 coins bearing the
likeness of Susan B. Anthony, the Secretary of
the Treasury shall place into circulation $1
coins which bear a design depicting the Statue of
Liberty (and which otherwise comply with the
requirements of subsections (b) and (d)(1) of
section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, as
amended by subsections (b) and (c) of this
section).

(2) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO CONTINUE
PRODUCTION- If the supply of $1 coins bearing the
likeness of Susan B. Anthony is depleted before
production has begun of $1 coins which bear a
design depicting the Statue of Liberty (and which
otherwise comply with the requirements of
subsections (b) and (d)(1) of section 5112 of
title 31, United States Code, as amended by
subsections (b) and (c) of this section), the
Secretary of the Treasury may continue to mint
and issue $1 coins bearing the likeness of Susan
B. Anthony in accordance with such section 5112
(as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act) until such time as such
production begins.